Chapter 104

9. Relation of the two houses of Congress. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. i, chapter xviii.)

10. The Senate as a judicial body. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. i, chapter x.)

11. Constitutional limitations on the powers of Congress. (Munro, _The Government of the United States_, chapter xx.)

12. Relation of Congress to the President. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. i, chapter xx.)

13. The war powers of Congress. (Any standard text on American government.)

14. The taxing power of Congress. (Any standard text on American government.)

15. Other financial powers of Congress. (Any standard text on American government.)

16. The power to regulate commerce. (Any standard text on American government. An excellent reference is Munro, _The Government of the United States_, chapter xvii.)

17. The postal powers of Congress. (Young, _The New American Government and its Work_, chapter xiii.)

18. The control of Congress over territories. (Kimball, _The National Government of the United States_, chapter xxii. See also any other standard work on American government.)

FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION

19. Direct versus indirect election of Senators.

20. To what extent, if to any, should Congressmen consider the needs of their local district as of more importance than the needs of the nation as a whole?

21. Should the interval between the election of Representatives and the meeting of Congress be shortened?

22. Should we retain equal representation of states in the Senate, or should this principle be discarded as "undemocratic"?